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y A SOD GUTTER. No. 272;49`6. Patented Peb.'20,-"1883."

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, UNITED STATES aon-.CUTTERl PATENT OFFICE.

ALPEEUs TEST, or EICEMCND, INDIANA.

v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,496,uateaEebI-uary 2o, less.

vApplication filed -November 8, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may 'concern Beit known that I,ALPHEUS TEST, acitizenV ofthe United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Wayne andState of Indiana,

5 have invented certain new and useful Improvements in SodfCuttersmfwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanyingdrawings.

My invention relates to sod-cutters which 1o are provided withsled-runners; and it consists in the combination of a supplemental'removable runner or shoe with the runners first referred tothe removableshoe being fastened to the bearing-face of either of the/said runners. tl In the drawings which accompany this specivcation, forming a part ofthe same, Figure l represents'the lower portions of my improvement whenplaced upside down. 2o side elevation of the same.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts. A A, Fig. 1, representthe runners or bearers, which are similar in form to the commonsleighrunner, the bottoms or bearinged ges of z5 which are formed withcurves, 'Inakinghelevations and depressions from a straight line. Thesecurves or swells are alike in both runners. These runners are placed ata suitable distance from each other parallel, and securedv 3o orfastened together by means of the crosspieces G C, or in any othersuitable manner. The bottoms of the runners A A are formed to receiveasupplemental bearingor shoe which is detachable and secured by bolts orother suitable means, the purposeof which is to con' runners A A. Thesearms c a are set at an Fig. 2 is a B is a stirrup-shaped cutter, placedat right angles to the planeof the runners and projecting below thelower edges of the same, the ends of which are turned up atright anglestothe cutting-edge, forming arms ce u, which are secured in any suitablemanner to the inner surfaces of, the perpendicular sides of the anglesuflicient to give the cutting-edge ofthe knife-sufficient pitch or9inclina-tion to insure a draft or hold upon'the ground, thereby'producing a uniform thickness of sod, which ma-y lbe increased ordiminished by raising orde- 6o pressing the cutter B. The Curves on'thebottom edge of the runners A permit the cutter to accommodate itself toirregularities of the surfaceofthe ground over which it is operated,andby this means a `uniform thickness of ribbon lineally issecured.

Eis a guide-rod orV handle, by which the "lateral motion of the cutteris controlled, and

is attached to the forward upper portion of either runner, as may bedesired. A isa supplemental runner or shoe, constructed to fit a part orthe whole length of the lower edge of the runner A,and composed of-anysuitable material, and secured to the runner by bolts or otherwise, soas to be removable at pleasure.

o o represent chains or other devices for the purpose of attaching horseor other power.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what 1".v claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

a sod-cutter, the runnersA, having bear-4 in g-faees curved asdescribed, in combination with the detachable supplemental runner of lcorresponding shape, adapted to be secured to either or" saidbearing-faces, for the purpose set forth. n

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALPEEUS rrEsr.

Witnesses W. T. DENNIS, C. J. GEIER.

